Thomas Rimes

Conductor - Composer - Musician

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"That this extraordinary evening was so effortlessly entertaining can be attributed of course to the conductor Thomas Rimes...who brought out the necessary elegance, sparkle, and subtle humour of the music." Die Deutsche Buehne.

“Musically, Rimes has created a swirling, magically beautiful score that wears its modernity proudly without sacrificing structure and tonal allure. It is a notable debut that leaves one eager to hear the next step on its composer’s operatic journey.” Joseph Newsome 

Thomas Rimes is an Australian musician who has worked throughout Europe, the United States, China and Australia as an operatic and symphonic conductor and as a composer/arranger of numerous stage works. From 2009-2019 he was engaged as a Kapellmeister (staff conductor) at opera houses in the German cities of Kassel and Gelsenkirchen and appeared throughout the Europe, Asia and America as guest conductor. Having returned to live in Australia he currently works as the Director of Music at St. David’s Cathedral in Hobart, Tasmania and as a frequent guest conductor with ensembles such as the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and Sydney Youth Orchestra. His compositions and orchestral arrangements have also been featured at the MONA FOMA and Ten Days on the Island Festivals.

Thomas’ recent conducting credits include Verdi's "Nabucco", Tschaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin", Weill's "The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny", Puccini's "Tosca", Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore", Britten's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "The Turn of the Screw", Bellini's "Norma", Offenbach's “Les contes d'Hoffmann” and Handel’s “Messiah”. He conducted the World Premiere Production of the Steam-Punk Opera "Klein Zaches, genannt Zinnober" - a work that he composed alongside the Berlin-based band Coppelius. 

The world premiere recording of his comic opera “Annus Horribilis” which tells the story of the British Royal Family in 1992 took place in 2023. Thomas is also currently developing the musical "O.T.O" based on Shakespeare's Othello.